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they cannot but consider that it is deserving of the most 

 serious consideration of the Council, in whose able hands 

 they feel that it may be confidently left by the Society, 

 Avith a view to the adoption of such measures as may be 

 deemed best calculated to infuse new life into the public 

 interest in the Gardens, and thereby add accordingly to the 

 income and resources of the Society. 



Garden Sales. 



The decrease under the head of " Garden Sales" is 

 £68 10s. (id., the amount received in 1846 having been 

 £52 16s. 6d. as compared with £121 7*- received in 1845 ; 

 a decrease which at first sight may appear considerable ; 

 but it is right to observe that upon referring to the accounts 

 of previous years, this appears to have been a fluctuating 

 source of income, the amount received in 1843 having been 

 £66 5s. 2d., and in 1844 £33 19*. 



Transactions. 



The small amount of receipt last year under the head of 

 "Transactions" has not failed to attract the notice of your 

 Committee, it having been only £25 9s. 6d., as compared 

 with £56 15s. lid. received in the previous year, showing 

 therefore a decrease of £31 6s. 5d., or more than one-half; 

 and if it is compared with the receipts in the years 1843 

 and 1844, the decrease will be found to be still more con- 

 siderable, the amount received in 1843 having been 

 £40 9s. Ad., and in 1844, £106 Is. Id. It is evident that 

 this also is a very fluctuating source of income, and the 

 Auditors entertain the confident hope that one of the results 

 of the zealous and unremitted exertions which they are 

 aware are being made by the Council, assisted by their 

 Secretary Mr. Mitchell, to give a greater interest and at- 

 traction to the scientific proceedings of the Society, M'ill be 

 an increased demand for and sale of the Transactions 

 amongst the Fellows. 



Proceedings. 



The same remarks apply to the small amount received 

 from the sale of Proceedings, which appears to have been 

 less last year by £9 Is. than in the year 1845, and less 



